Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 01:27:29 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, j@uriah.heep.sax.de Subject: Re: /sbin/init permission Message-ID: <199610151527.BAA14633@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> -r-sr-x--- 1 root operator 12288 Oct 2 04:26 /sbin/shutdown > >This one makes sense: any member of group `operator' is allowed to >shutdown the system, but nobody else. It makes no sense for it to be unreadable. >> ---s--x--x 2 root bin 286720 Oct 2 04:19 /usr/bin/sperl4.036 >> ---s--x--x 2 root bin 286720 Oct 2 04:19 /usr/bin/suidperl > >Old paranoia. SysV UUCP's used to ship with this set of permissions, >too. Basically useless if /usr/src is also on the system. :) Really if the user can files and execute chmod. >> -r-sr-x--- 1 uucp uucp 90112 Oct 2 04:09 /usr/libexec/uucp/uuxqt > >Seems to make sense. It makes no sense for it to be unreadable, and its nonreadability and nonexecutability by `other' breaks the usability of an nfs-mounted /usr (for the rare case that root wants to run this directly). (If it were only readable, then root could copy it and run the copy.) Bruce
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